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Politics and religion in the United Kingdom / Steve Bruce.
LIBRA BL65.P7 B79 2012
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Van Pelt Library BL65.P7 B79 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce, Steve, 1954-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in religion and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--Great Britain.
- Religion and politics.
- Christianity and politics.
- Great Britain--Religion.
- Great Britain.
- Religion.
- Great Britain--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Christianity and politics--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Church history.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- This important new volume seeks to provide significant contribution to our understanding of religion and politics, demonstrating through comparisons with other countries the unusually complex nature of the interaction of religion and politics in the United Kingdom. Bruce provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the field, covering key topics including: -- Religion and Violence in Northern Ireland -- A UK-US comparison of the relationship between the church and the nation state -- Links between Protestantism and the rise of modern democracy -- The relationship between Methodism and Socialism -- The impact that ethnic minority status and religious values have on political alignment This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and religious sociology.
- Contents:
- British gods
- The politics of religion
- Religion and violence in Northern Ireland
- Sectarianism in modern Scotland
- Did protestantism create democracy?
- Methodism and socialism
- Opportunity structures and culture wars
- Christian parties
- Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus in British politics
- The public place of religion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415664929
- 0415664926
- 9780203181263
- 0203181263
- OCLC:
- 726695795
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